An SBA 7(a) loan reshapes your purchase agreement whether you notice or not: seller financing, full personal guaranty, life-of-loan standby, and earnout limits all flow from SOP 50-10.
Buying new construction in Florida? Five things sophisticated buyers should negotiate beyond the standard purchase contract, from Florida real estate counsel.
The section 453A interest charge hits any founder installment sale with a seller note above $5 million — and most CPAs only flag it the April after closing.
A working capital neutral accountant almost always sides with the buyer. The fix is not in the dispute resolution clause — it is in the specified accounting principles exhibit.
A DSO offer for your Florida dental practice looks clean until 466.0285 reshapes the structure. Here is how nondentist ownership actually drives the deal.
Asset sale vs stock sale isn’t a tax decision — it’s a license, lease, customer, and successor-liability decision. Here is the framework Florida founders should run before signing the LOI.
Florida § 542.335 presumes a sale-of-business non-compete reasonable up to three years and unreasonable past seven .
A PE sponsor’s drag-along right looks like boilerplate at signing. Three years later it forces a sale on the sponsor’s timeline, often before the founder’s rollover has hit its real value.
Auto repair shop M&A in Florida turns on three quiet items: the EPA SQG generator file, the landlord’s consent on the lease, and a technician retention bonus that survives the closing.
The RWI conduct of claims clause in 2026 policies quietly hands defense control to the carrier — what buyer’s and seller’s counsel should negotiate at bind to keep authority over post-closing claims.